Ruby Christine

Handley Pitts

Obituary

Ruby Christine Handley Pitts, 76, of Tifton died Sunday, May 26, 2013, at Sylvester Health Care. Funeral services will be held at 4:00 p.m. on Wednesday, May 29, 2013, at New Bethel Baptist Church in Tifton. Rev. Larry Cone will officiate with burial to follow in Oak Ridge Cemetery. Tommy Pitts, James Stone, Phillip Pitts, Michael Dietrick, Jeremy Goulden and Matthew Lovett will serve as pallbearers. The family will receive friends on Tuesday, May 28, 2013, from 7:00 to 9:00 p.m. in the Chapel of Bowen-Donaldson Home for Funerals. Mrs. Pitts will be placed in the church one hour prior to the service.

Mrs. Pitts was born on November 11, 1936 in Mystic and was the daughter of George Franklin Handley and Louise Harrell Handley, both deceased. She was also preceded in death by her husband, Roy Talmadge Pitts, who died in 2008; and three sisters. She was a textile machine operator and a member of New Bethel Baptist Church in Tifton, where she was very involved in church work.

Mrs. Pitts is survived by three sons, Billy Hubert Fender, Wiley Talmadge Pitts and Roy Lamar Pitts, all of Tifton; three daughters, Mattie Kay Harper and Vonia Lee Hogan, both of Tifton and Ruby Irene Dudley of Tallahassee, Florida; 15 grandchildren; 19 great-grandchildren; and two great-great grandchildren.